GIS Support Specialist

Description and Functions

Open Until Filled

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is seeking a GIS Support Specialist based out of Cheyenne, WY. This position leads the technical administration, development, and ongoing support of a critical, agency-wide geospatial compliance application. The role serves as a primary technical liaison for non-technical stakeholders, including regulatory applicants and habitat biologists. Patience, strong communication, and user support are just as critical as GIS technical skills.

While focusing significantly on this high-impact project, the position offers opportunities to help design and develop future enterprise GIS applications to support agency objectives.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and holidays
• Retirement - Pension and 457(b) plans that help you build a secure future
• Flexible schedules and work‑life balance options
• Meaningful work that makes a difference for Wyoming communities

Human Resource Contact:
Dezzaree Schott, dezzaree.schott

• Configure and maintain geospatial solutions within agency cloud environments and relational database management systems.
• Deploy and support custom web applications within the Esri ecosystem, including ArcGIS Pro, Enterprise and Online.
• Use Python and other languages such as Arcade and JavaScript to script automated procedures and reduce manual data processes.
• Translate user requirements, formal agency directives, and wildlife policies into geospatial workflows and tools.
• Analyze imagery to identify and digitize critical landscape features.
• Provide geoprocessing analyses on various datasets to produce information summaries for annual reporting purposes.
• Design and publish advanced mapping products and applications using Esri software.
• Protect sensitive landscape and private land data during the analysis of data and the creation and distribution of public information.
• Troubleshoot and resolve enterprise GIS issues.
• Support and coordinate with internal habitat protection biologists to review GIS data and proposed projects.
• Provide project and technical support to users of a public GIS application.
• Coordinate with federal and state agencies to review GIS data and review proposed landscape projects.
• Audit and review the work of internal and external GIS end‑users to ensure compliance with spatial data standards.
• Continue building workflow guidance documentation.
• Investigate emerging geospatial technologies and assess their value for agency conservation objectives.
• Participate in the development and configuration of new geospatial applications.
• Work as a member of the GIS section to support internal GIS end‑users.

PREFERENCES:
Preference will be given to candidates with progressive training and/or experience in enterprise geospatial technology development, implementation, and ongoing administration. Preference will also be given to candidates with a concentration or minor in GIS, or GIS certification, or past employment in which geospatial technologies are applied.

• Knowledge of enterprise geospatial technology, relational databases, and centralized data structures.
• Expertise in configuring Esri desktop, web, and mobile software for both web applications, data collection and desktop client access.
• Experience using ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and ArcGIS Enterprise in a production environment.
• Proficiency in writing and debugging Python scripts to automate complex geospatial workflows.
• Skills processing, converting, and manipulating geospatial data from varied source formats.
• Strong interpersonal and training skills to provide quality customer support, deliver user demonstrations, and compile process guidance documentation.
• Advanced investigative, research, and reasoning skills to resolve complex software application bugs and data interactions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to deliver project presentations and updates to diverse organizational levels and customers/clients.
• Ability to interpret narrative descriptions—such as formal policies, agency directives, or user feedback—and translate them into standardized and…